Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

8 August 2019 Horse&Hound 65

Pictures by Sweet Photography

ARABHORSESOCIETY

NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIPS

25-26 July

ArabHorseSociety(AHS)
NationalChampionships,Three
CountiesShowground,Worcs

WINNINGtheawardforthemost
consistenthorseoftheshowwas
thepart-bredgeldingD’Aamascus
(Darcy).Ownedbyhisbreeders
PaulandFrancesAtkinson,the
Flammengold-siredsix-year-old
andBenHesterwereunbeaten
overtheirtwo-daycampaign.
Thepairstartedtheir
championship run by winning the

Severalnewfacesdelightonthenationalstage,asthe

show is cut short after the passingofa leadingtrainer

ridinghorseandhacktitleunder

saddle.Darcythenreturnedthe

followingdaytoclaimtheAnglo/

part-bredin-handtitleforthe

thirdtime,beforesaddlingup

onceagaintotakethenational

riddenpart-bredsupreme.

Franceswasoverwhelmed

bythesuccessofherthree-

generationhome-bred,who

wonhisfirstnationalsashas

a yearling.

“He’sbeensporthorse

breedingandlighthorse

championovertheyears,”she

said.“Hisdam,D’Aamsen,was

alsoa nationalchampion.Benhas

alwayshandledhimandkindly

agreedtoridehimforme.

“MyhusbandPauldrives,soI

expectwe’llseehimina carriage

before long. Darcy is just a really

niceguyandhaslotsofpresence,

andwethinkhe’sveryspecial.”

NOVICERIDESPERFORM

TEAMFITCHcontinuedtheir

stellar run on from the Royal

ByALEXROBINSON

Bright stars light up the field

Internationalwheretheytook

thepure-bredArabclasswith

theirsupergeldingMirv.Here,

theylandedthetoptwospotsin

thepurenoviceriddenwithtwo

excitingprospects.

RickandEdwinaWarner’s

four-year-oldstallionBHA

Maranello(AjmanMoniscione

x Judals Berugia) and producer

BHA Maranello (Clare Fitch) tops the novice pure ridden line-up

PaulandFrancesAtinkson’s

part-bredgeldingD’Aamascus

landsthreechampionships

bothin-handandunder

saddle with Ben Hester

‘Darcyhaslots

ofpresenceand

wethinkhe’s

veryspecial’

FRANCES ATKINSON